In May, MeriTalk and NetApp surveyed federal information technology professionals to see how they viewed the goals set earlier in the original announcement of the consolidation initiative. Although respondents recognize the benefits of consolidation, they have doubts about how quickly the number of servers can be reduced, if at all.

On the subject of cloud computing, respondents seemed to accept that it’s on the way, but most aren’t holding their breath for a cloud environment coming any time soon.

How long will it take your agency to move to cloud computing as its primary processing environment?